Sculpture, painting, drawing and sound from C.H.A.I.S.E.S. — The Social Geometry of the Luxembourg Gardens, shown at 24 rue Chapon, Paris, 20–22 October 2026. Every work below can be acquired; write to us about any of them.
Four sculptures, one per scenario. Height is time: each strand is one chair across a single afternoon. Shown as 3D-printed exhibition prints; each is also cast in bronze to order. Images: renderings of the bronze edition.
Les Adorateurs du soleil
3D-printed PLA
13 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 6 3/4 in (33.2 × 17 × 17 cm)
Ed. of 5 + 1 AP; also cast in bronze to order, ed. of 5 + 1 AP
Two chairs follow the sun round the Grand Bassin, two until six.
PLA €500 · Bronze €3,200
Enquire →Le Lecteur
3D-printed PLA
13 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in (32.9 × 14 × 14 cm)
Ed. of 5 + 1 AP; also cast in bronze to order, ed. of 5 + 1 AP
A reader barely moves while a restless pair drifts to the gravel's edge.
PLA €500 · Bronze €3,200
Enquire →Scène de ménage
3D-printed PLA
13 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in (32.9 × 14 × 14 cm)
Ed. of 5 + 1 AP; also cast in bronze to order, ed. of 5 + 1 AP
Two chairs meet at mid-height; one storms off, a third is dragged in.
PLA €500 · Bronze €3,200
Enquire →Le Rassemblement
3D-printed PLA
13 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in (32.9 × 14 × 14 cm)
Ed. of 5 + 1 AP; also cast in bronze to order, ed. of 5 + 1 AP
Four chairs plait into one column; a fifth crosses the path to join them.
PLA €500 · Bronze €3,200
Enquire →Works on paper on the brief merging of sitter and chair, drawing on the posted bills and wall art of Paris. “Une chaise vous attend.”
Acrylic scratching on brown laid paper
8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in (21 × 29.5 cm)
“The chair supports your moment of contemplation.”
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Acrylic scratching on brown laid paper
8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in (21 × 29.5 cm)
“The chair is just as enraptured as the reader.”
€450
Enquire →Acrylic scratching on brown laid paper
8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in (21 × 29.5 cm)
“The chair anxiously awaits the outcome. Will there be an encore?”
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A diptych on the energy the chairs hold from the people who move them: before and after.
Acrylic and oil on canvas
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.5 cm)
A couple's chairs turned face to face, knees and chair legs touching.
€2,500 · €4,000 for the pair
Enquire →Acrylic and oil on canvas
24 × 36 in (61 × 91.5 cm)
The couple gone, the chairs still embrace; a purse is left on one seat.
€2,500 · €4,000 for the pair
Enquire →Life drawings, made in the garden in July, of the arrangements visitors leave behind, fixed by their shadows. In the Kinetic Scrolls, a roller chain moves drawn figures across a painted scene so viewers compose their own.
Wood, linseed oil paint, oil on canvas, graphite on muslin, poly-mesh, roller chain
24 × 18 7/8 × 5 7/8 in (61 × 48 × 15 cm)
Painted scene shown: four green chairs grouped, one apart.
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Wood, linseed oil paint, oil on canvas, graphite on muslin, poly-mesh, roller chain
24 × 18 7/8 × 5 7/8 in (61 × 48 × 15 cm)
Painted scene shown: two chairs side by side on an ochre ground.
€3,000
Enquire →Wood, linseed oil paint, oil on canvas, graphite on muslin, poly-mesh, roller chain
24 × 18 7/8 × 5 7/8 in (61 × 48 × 15 cm)
Painted scene shown: three chairs on a violet-grey ground.
€3,000
Enquire →Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Two chairs, one pulled forward, in hard striped shadow.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Three chairs in a row, a fourth set apart.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
A side chair and an armchair angled toward each other.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Five chairs in a loose line, shadows falling right.
€200
Enquire →Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Three chairs, one an armchair, in a tight group.
€200
Enquire →Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Four chairs gathered in a ring, one turned away.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Four chairs pulled into a close circle.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Three chairs drawn together around an armchair.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
A dense field of chairs, the rows lost in the crowd.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Two chairs side by side, long shadows stretching left.
€200
Enquire →Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Three chairs at the edge of a deep pool of shade.
€200
Enquire →Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
A pair of chairs in dappled shade, more beyond.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Two chairs under a tree, the shadow broken by leaves.
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Ink and coloured pencil on kraft paper
5 7/8 × 8 1/4 in (14.8 × 21 cm) · framed 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Four chairs gathered under foliage.
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In 2023 Jessica Anne Schwartz made the Luxembourg's Sénat chairs a fixed listening post: her Jardin du Luxembourg Synaesthesia Drawings transcribe the garden's soundscape — children at play, birdsong, wind and rain — in sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and gouache on Murillo paper. Twelve drawings from the series.
Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →Sumi ink, walnut ink, mica and hand-mixed gouache on heirloom Murillo paper
19 1/2 × 14 in (49.5 × 35.6 cm) · framed 25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in (65 × 50 cm)
€5,800
Enquire →A used Sénat chair, borrowed from the Jardin du Luxembourg itself, suspended and played with earth magnets and a resonator, so that its steel frame becomes a resonating body. The installation is completed by a Manifesto-Score for the chairs as monuments to gathered time.
Latitude: 48.849093° N – 48.844044° N / Longitude: 2.338981° E – 2.332683° E
Original Sénat chair, earth magnets, resonator, sound
18 7/8 × 23 1/4 × 33 1/16 in (48 × 59 × 84 cm) · duration variable
The chair is played as an instrument, releasing its memory as a score. Chaise prêtée par le jardin du Luxembourg-Sénat.
€3,500
Enquire →Latitude: 48.849093° N – 48.844044° N / Longitude: 2.338981° E – 2.332683° E
Pastel on paper, washi tape, metal mesh, nylon cord
21 1/4 × 27 9/16 × 59 1/16 in (54 × 70 × 150 cm)
€4,200
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